Mexico : Technology, Wages and Employment, Volume 2. Technical Papers

The report examines two components of new technology adoption by Mexican manufacturing firms. First, it questions which firms, under what circumstances, and performance adopt such technology. To measure performance, productivity wages, and net empl...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION TECHNOLOGY CHOICE MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES TECHNOLOGY ECONOMIC ASPECTS TECHNOLOGY GOVERNMENT POLICY EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT PERFORMANCE INDICATORS WAGE DIFFERENTIATION WAGE INCREASES SKILLED WORKERS TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE LABOR SURVEYS STATISTICAL DATA INDUSTRIAL SURVEYS JOB SECURITY JOB DISLOCATION HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS TRAINING ASSISTANCE TECHNOLOGY-SUPPORTING INSTITUTIONS INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGY GOVERNMENT FINANCE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY EFFECTS OF TECHNOLOGY EFFICIENCY WAGES ELASTICITIES EMPLOYMENT GATT GROUP INFLATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION INNOVATIONS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKETS MICROECONOMICS NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL ECONOMY POVERTY REDUCTION PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC ENTERPRISES QUALITY OF LIFE TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION TECHNOLOGY POLICY TRADE LIBERALIZATION UNEMPLOYMENT WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGES WORKERS
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spelling	okr-10986-154332021-04-23T14:03:14Z Mexico : Technology, Wages and Employment, Volume 2. Technical Papers World Bank TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION TECHNOLOGY CHOICE MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES TECHNOLOGY ECONOMIC ASPECTS TECHNOLOGY GOVERNMENT POLICY EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT PERFORMANCE INDICATORS WAGE DIFFERENTIATION WAGE INCREASES SKILLED WORKERS TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE LABOR SURVEYS STATISTICAL DATA INDUSTRIAL SURVEYS JOB SECURITY JOB DISLOCATION HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS TRAINING ASSISTANCE TECHNOLOGY-SUPPORTING INSTITUTIONS INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGY GOVERNMENT FINANCE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY EFFECTS OF TECHNOLOGY EFFICIENCY WAGES ELASTICITIES EMPLOYMENT GATT GROUP INFLATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION INNOVATIONS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKETS MICROECONOMICS NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL ECONOMY POVERTY REDUCTION PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLIC ENTERPRISES QUALITY OF LIFE TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION TECHNOLOGY POLICY TRADE LIBERALIZATION UNEMPLOYMENT WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGES WORKERS The report examines two components of new technology adoption by Mexican manufacturing firms. First, it questions which firms, under what circumstances, and performance adopt such technology. To measure performance, productivity wages, and net employment of a firm were used, leading to further questions on whether technological change helps workers - of a certain skill level - disproportionately. Second, it argues that adoption of new technologies happens under the right circumstances, and further reviews which are the firms, and circumstances surrounding the choice of technology. The analysis is based on data from the National Survey of Employment, Wages, Technology and Training (ENESTYC), and the National Industrial Survey (EIA) for 1992, 1995, and 1999. Results largely suggest that performance (including statistics, and measures on job creation, and/or job dislocation), is superior with technology adoption, though it does not imply performance increases in all firms. Rather, the effects of technology vary depending on location, and size of enterprise. Nonetheless, investments in human capital - training in conjunction with technology adoption - increases productivity benefits. In addition, the likelihood for new technologies, also varies markedly by time period, and, the complexity of the technology correlates both with the size, and skill levels of a firm's work force. Policy recommendations include widespread technology know-how, facilitating inter-firm linkages, supported by both government financing to encourage a competitive business environment, and by a continued increase in research and development funding, public as well as private funding. 2013-08-28T18:43:28Z 2013-08-28T18:43:28Z 2001-12-13 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/12/1695616/mexico-technology-wages-employment-vol-2-2-technical-papers http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15433 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Latin America & Caribbean Mexico
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topic	TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION TECHNOLOGY CHOICE MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES TECHNOLOGY ECONOMIC ASPECTS TECHNOLOGY GOVERNMENT POLICY EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT PERFORMANCE INDICATORS WAGE DIFFERENTIATION WAGE INCREASES SKILLED WORKERS TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE LABOR SURVEYS STATISTICAL DATA INDUSTRIAL SURVEYS JOB SECURITY JOB DISLOCATION HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS TRAINING ASSISTANCE TECHNOLOGY-SUPPORTING INSTITUTIONS INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGY GOVERNMENT FINANCE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY EFFECTS OF TECHNOLOGY EFFICIENCY WAGES ELASTICITIES EMPLOYMENT GATT GROUP INFLATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION INNOVATIONS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKETS MICROECONOMICS NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL ECONOMY POVERTY REDUCTION PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLIC ENTERPRISES QUALITY OF LIFE TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION TECHNOLOGY POLICY TRADE LIBERALIZATION UNEMPLOYMENT WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGES WORKERS
spellingShingle	TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION TECHNOLOGY CHOICE MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES TECHNOLOGY ECONOMIC ASPECTS TECHNOLOGY GOVERNMENT POLICY EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT PERFORMANCE INDICATORS WAGE DIFFERENTIATION WAGE INCREASES SKILLED WORKERS TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE LABOR SURVEYS STATISTICAL DATA INDUSTRIAL SURVEYS JOB SECURITY JOB DISLOCATION HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS TRAINING ASSISTANCE TECHNOLOGY-SUPPORTING INSTITUTIONS INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGY GOVERNMENT FINANCE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY EFFECTS OF TECHNOLOGY EFFICIENCY WAGES ELASTICITIES EMPLOYMENT GATT GROUP INFLATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION INNOVATIONS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKETS MICROECONOMICS NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL ECONOMY POVERTY REDUCTION PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLIC ENTERPRISES QUALITY OF LIFE TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION TECHNOLOGY POLICY TRADE LIBERALIZATION UNEMPLOYMENT WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGES WORKERS World Bank Mexico : Technology, Wages and Employment, Volume 2. Technical Papers
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description	The report examines two components of new technology adoption by Mexican manufacturing firms. First, it questions which firms, under what circumstances, and performance adopt such technology. To measure performance, productivity wages, and net employment of a firm were used, leading to further questions on whether technological change helps workers - of a certain skill level - disproportionately. Second, it argues that adoption of new technologies happens under the right circumstances, and further reviews which are the firms, and circumstances surrounding the choice of technology. The analysis is based on data from the National Survey of Employment, Wages, Technology and Training (ENESTYC), and the National Industrial Survey (EIA) for 1992, 1995, and 1999. Results largely suggest that performance (including statistics, and measures on job creation, and/or job dislocation), is superior with technology adoption, though it does not imply performance increases in all firms. Rather, the effects of technology vary depending on location, and size of enterprise. Nonetheless, investments in human capital - training in conjunction with technology adoption - increases productivity benefits. In addition, the likelihood for new technologies, also varies markedly by time period, and, the complexity of the technology correlates both with the size, and skill levels of a firm's work force. Policy recommendations include widespread technology know-how, facilitating inter-firm linkages, supported by both government financing to encourage a competitive business environment, and by a continued increase in research and development funding, public as well as private funding.
author	World Bank
author_facet	World Bank
author_sort	World Bank
title	Mexico : Technology, Wages and Employment, Volume 2. Technical Papers
title_short	Mexico : Technology, Wages and Employment, Volume 2. Technical Papers
title_full	Mexico : Technology, Wages and Employment, Volume 2. Technical Papers
title_fullStr	Mexico : Technology, Wages and Employment, Volume 2. Technical Papers
title_full_unstemmed	Mexico : Technology, Wages and Employment, Volume 2. Technical Papers
title_sort	mexico : technology, wages and employment, volume 2. technical papers
publisher	Washington, DC
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/12/1695616/mexico-technology-wages-employment-vol-2-2-technical-papers http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15433
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Mexico : Technology, Wages and Employment, Volume 2. Technical Papers

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